Shloka 15

ब्रह्मणो वरप्रदानम् — शिवस्य परत्वप्रतिपादनम् तथा वराहेण भूमेः पुनःस्थापनम्

Devanagari script

तौ चोर्ध्वरेतसौ दिव्यौ चाग्रजौ ब्रह्मवादिनौ कुमारौ ब्रह्मणस्तुल्यौ सर्वज्ञौ सर्वभाविनौ

Transliteration

tau cordhvaretasau divyau cāgrajau brahmavādinau kumārau brahmaṇastulyau sarvajñau sarvabhāvinau

Translation

ਉਹ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਊਰਧ੍ਵਰੇਤਸ, ਅਗਰਜ ਅਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਵਾਦੀ ਸਨ; ਤੇਜ ਵਿੱਚ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਦੇ ਸਮਾਨ, ਸਰਵਜ੍ਞ ਅਤੇ ਸਰਵਭਾਵ-ਸਮਰੱਥ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• तौ: those two

• च: and

• ऊर्ध्वरेतसौ: possessing sublimated/upraised vital energy (celibate ascetics)

• दिव्यौ: divine, radiant

• च: and

• अग्रजौ: first-born, elder

• ब्रह्मवादिनौ: speakers/expounders of Brahman (Vedāntic truth)

• कुमारौ: the two Kumāras (youth-sages)

• ब्रह्मणः-तुल्यौ: equal to Brahmā

• सर्वज्ञौ: all-knowing

• सर्वभाविनौ: capable of all modes of manifestation/assuming all states (all-becoming).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)